thankfulness

This is the time of year we proclaim the things we are thankful for, so here it goes

Category 1 > the things that most people (including me) list when they mention things to be thankful for:

• My savior Jesus Christ
  
• My children
• My husband
• My family in general
• The relative good health of most of my family
• The (general) happiness of my children
• A warm house to live in
• A job
• Food to eat

Category 2 > other, very random things I thankful for:

• The shipment of our stuff that arrived
• Toilet paper
• Indoor plumming (who wants to visit an outhouse in the winter?)
• Chocolate
• Sturdy, comfortable shoes
• Central heating
• Naps
• The book of Job
• Trees
• Days without back pain
• Bicycle lights
• The power of prayer
• Blue skies
• My children's laughter
• Birds singing at daybreak or sunset
• Days that the kids do not wet their beds

On a completly different note: We got the first snow of the year. In the morning before school, the boys dashed out into the yard to 'experience the snow'. They intended to make a snowman, never mind there was barely enough snow to make snow balls...